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1.1       misho       1: 
                      2: MPD MULTI-LINK PPP DAEMON FOR FREEBSD
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1.1.1.2 ! misho       4: Version 5.7
1.1       misho       5: Written by Archie Cobbs <archie@FreeBSD.org>
                      6:        and Alexander Motin <mav@FreeBSD.org>
                      7: 
                      8: * WHAT IS IT?
                      9: 
                     10:   A multi-link PPP daemon based on netgraph(4), combining the
                     11:   configurability and flexibility of a user-mode with the speed and 
                     12:   reliability of a kernel-mode.
                     13:   Mpd supports thousands of Sync, Async, PPTP, L2TP, PPPoE, TCP and UDP 
                     14:   links in client, server and access concentrator (LAC/PAC) modes.
                     15: 
                     16: * HOW STABLE IS IT?
                     17: 
                     18:   Most of this code has been thoroughly tested and production ready.
                     19: 
                     20: * HOW DO I BUILD AND INSTALL IT?
                     21: 
                     22:   cd /usr/ports/net/mpd5
                     23:   make all install
                     24: 
                     25: * HOW DO I SET IT UP?
                     26: 
                     27:   Complete documentation is included in the "doc" subdirectory.
                     28: 
                     29:   You will need to create your own versions of the four required
                     30:   configuration files in /usr/local/etc/mpd5:
                     31: 
                     32:     mpd.conf    - General configuration
                     33:     mpd.script  - Modem scripts
                     34:     mpd.secret  - Login/password pairs
                     35: 
                     36:   If you're familiar with FreeBSD's "ppp" user-mode daemon, the
                     37:   configuration method is similar: commands are read from a file.
                     38: 
                     39:   Check the "conf" subdirectory for configuration file examples.
                     40: 
                     41:   Then append the following lines to /etc/syslog.conf and create an
                     42:   empty /var/log/mpd.log file to get proper logging:
                     43: 
                     44:     !mpd
                     45:     *.*                        /var/log/mpd.log
                     46: 
                     47:   Add a corresponding line to /etc/newsyslog.conf as well to get
                     48:   proper log rotation.
                     49: 
                     50: * WHAT'S THE COPYRIGHT STATUS?
                     51: 
                     52:   Berkeley style: see ``COPYRIGHT.iij'' and ``COPYRIGHT.whistle''.
                     53: 
                     54: * WHERE CAN I GO FOR HELP?
                     55: 
                     56:   MPD is now hosted on SourceForge:
                     57:   http://sourceforge.net/projects/mpd
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